VIP Class Notes (Lily) [S/R]

Vocabulary

1. hickies= 草莓
ex: It’s hard to get rid of hickies.

2. saxophone (sax)= 萨克斯管
ex: I think piano is better than saxophone, because there are more melodies for the piano.

3. inherit (verb)= 继承
inheritance (noun)= 遗产
ex: You inherited your mother’s beauty.
ex: When your parents pass away, you will inherit their properties.
ex: He received a big inheritance from his grandparents.
ex: I will leave a big inheritance for my children.

4. pitch (noun)= 音调
ex: my friend is very off-pitch, I can’t sing with her.

5. melody (noun)= 旋律🎶
ex: I like the melodies of JJ’s songs.
ex: I can hum the melody, but I don’t know the lyrics.

6. lyrics *ley rics* (noun)= 歌词
ex: It’s hard for me to remember the lyrics of the songs.
ex: Joker’s lyrics are very beautiful.

Describe something you are good at. You should say
What is it? How often you do it? How you learned it? Explain why you think you are good at it.

I think I’m good at playing the piano. I used to play the piano everyday, but because of the university entrance exam, I hadn’t played it for one year. I have already learned it for 14 years. First time I played the piano was very terrible, because I didn’t want to play it, I was just want to have fun with my friend at that time. But now, playing the piano is more like a good way to relax me and help me out of the pressure. I can’t play some classical music.

Revised

I think I’m good at playing the piano. I used to play the piano everyday, but because of the university entrance exam, I hadn’t played it for one year. I have already learned it for 14 years. When I first tried to play the piano, it was very terrible, because I didn’t want to play it, I just wanted to have fun with my friends at that time. But now, playing the piano is more like a good way to relax myself and ease my pressure. I can’t play some classical music pieces. 

I think I am pretty good a t singing. I am not a professional singer and I don’t intend to be one but it is just something I can do pretty well so it has become one of my hobbies. I have a few friends who also enjoy singing very much. So whenever we feel like singing we’d go to karaoke. We do it like once every month. It is a nice night out at karaoke, we get to sing our favorite songs and sing like a star.

I had some training in singing when I was little. My dad used to play saxophone in a band so I guess I have inherited his talent in music. Although I don’t play any instrument, I have a good sense in the pitch of the tone and the rhythm of a melody. I was in the choir all through elementary school, and the teacher assigned me to be the leading singer when I turned grade five. Our choir won so many competitions back then.

As time goes on, karaoke had become more and more popular, but as a high school student, I didn’t have the time to do that but focused on my study. It was not until I got into college that I finally had time to go to karaoke to sing for fun. My friends call me as a karaoke master. Each time when I finish my song. I could always get applause from my audience. Karaoke is like my stage, my show time.